Chapter 77: Dying Sun (2/2)
Volantis shook Zayn's body off the side
"Now, only you are left-," Volantis trudged forwards with hellbent determination bloody stakes started to rupture out fro upon the power of a level 100 Blood God far beyond what his current fored, ripping through his ar his life force, he continued forwards, ever forwards, for at heart, long, long ago when he was still a man of flesh and blood over bone, he had been a noble warrior, and true warriors always saw their fights to the very bitter end
No compromise No surrender No retreat
Not when your co you alone in a sea of blood
Not even when you are beaten, bloodied, and torn asunder
Not even when your flesh is torn fro but bone left, that is when you are truly free
This is what Volantis thought as he s of his hit points
Seth took the Boost vial before him, raised it over his open mouth, and snapped it in half The liquid fed into hiy radiated out from him Boost was far less effective when used successively, not to enerate a tey that would fade away rapidly
But this was all he needed
"You're done," said Seth coldly as he concentrated the shty rays of searing golden heat that washed over Volantis
Volantis's black silhouette cruness When the light faded, all that reer than a tennis ball - the core of his being that had been in his hel down into aVolantis's death
Seth iant crow and realized with so But death was inevitable
The stakes that jutted out froans were all shredded It was by pure variant tenacity that he could even stay alive like this
Not toleft Zayn with zero chance of ever recovering even if he was rushed to the best hospital in the entire world at this very moment
"Why the fuck did you do that, Zayn? You think I needed help?" Seth's voice lost its regular edge He spoke softly, or as softly as he kne to "You and I, ere both supposed to live and be strong
Strong enough that we could break free from the lives they forced on us
I treated you and only you right because I thought you and I were the same Because you understood me We knehat it took to survive, how ht ould both ether Stand at the top of this world no matter how many bodies we had to pile beneath us
And now, look at you"
Seth shook his head at Zayn's fatal wounds The last of his solar energy started to fade away, dissolving away his aura of gold fully to leave his bare skin and face "We were supposed to show the enough to tell this sick world to go fuck itself so that we could live our own lives with our own choices
How the fuck are you going to do that when you're dead?"
Zayn breathed slowly, the air in his throat rattling, heralding his passing His six red, black pupils landed on Seth "I…did have…choice I ret…"
Zayn's eyes closed, his consciousness fading as blood pooled out in huge quantities from his horrendous wounds
Seth felt the blood warain and put his hand on Zayn's head before twisting his friend's neck, instantly killing hi deeply as he looked at his blood-soaked, black veined body He looked around at the arena, waiting for it to dissolve
That hen he heard a faint ru from behind him, from the entrance of the arena Footsteps echoed He turned around, and then his eyes widened in ian Seth
"How does it feel, Seth, to lose your friends one by one?" said Aldrich as he made his way towards Seth with his suit on
Aldrich saw the Butcher's decapitated head and grabbed it, inspecting it like a piece of fine art "Ah, you're still alive Excellent"
He took the Butcher's head and shoved it into his chest where his Chrysalis generated a small black portal to absorb it
He then reached Volantis's grey core and tapped it, eil on it to raise for later
Finally, he stared at Zayn's corpse when he got close enough to Seth "To be honest, I was even surprised you could even make a friend like this That you even cared about so dying"
Aldrich stared down at Seth's bloodied body as he tore open the chest of his suit, revealing the phylactery that replaced his heart The purple orb crackled with arcs of energy, reacting to the near completion of the [Ritual of Eternity]
"But the fact that Iprecious froain"